Jeong Seon-kyeong (정선경)

Celebrity Volunteer Group Reaches Out to Disabled Children

Source | 2008/10/02 | Permalink |

"People who Care", a volunteer organization made up of celebrities, has set out to help children with disabilities. The volunteer group held a special ceremony to mark the beginning of its new sisterhood with the Social Welfare Society and the Amsa Rehabilitation Center on September 29.

Nine members of the organization, including Kim Won-hee, Kim Jeong-eun, Kim Yoo-mi, Ahn Jae-wook, Eugene (Yoo Jin), Park Cheol, Yoo Da-hoon, Jeong Seon-kyeong and Lee Kyung-ho, attended the cremony. They donated study assistant equipment such as a touch PDP and spent time with the children.

Actress Kim Jeong-eun, who is the publicity envoy for the Social Welfare Society, said the disabled children are in desperate need of expensive equipment to assist their studies. She went on to ask the people to show their generosity.

Meanwhile, popular TV host Kim Won-hee said the true meaning of sharing lies in providing the children with memories to cherish for a long time. She also shared her intent to v...| More

Debates Over "Gangnam Moms"

Source | 2007/06/28 | Permalink |

New SBS soap opera called "Catching Up with Moms in Gangnam" (most affluent districts of Seoul in the south of the Han River) premiered on June 25 (written by Kim Hyeon-hee, produced by Hong Chang-wook, Monday and Tuesday at 9:55 p.m.). Afterward, debates over the education frenzy of Gangnam moms erupted again.

The TV drama received a viewership rating of 14.1 percent on June 25, and 16.2 percent on June 26 (according to TNS Media Korea), the highest among all TV programs on at the same hour.

The new drama's main plot starts as Min-ju (played by Ha Hee-ra), a resident of the Gangbuk area (north of the Han river), decides to move to Gangnam after his son, the smartest student in his school, received one of the poorest marks in an English contest against students in Gangnam. After, the drama showed that Min-ju's friend Sumi (played by Lim Seong-min), a Gangnam resident, bluntly emphasize the educational gap between the two regions, that moms in Gangnam area shared information such ...| More

Drama Looks at Divorced Life

Source | 2005/06/27 | Permalink |

By Han Eun-jung
Staff Reporter

"Super Rookie", a television drama that ran until last month, brought attention to the nation's lagging job market. Last year's "The Million Blossoms of Roses" looked at the problems of "hojuje", or the traditional family registration system, while "Yellow Handkerchief" in 2003 examined the hardships of single motherhood.

And as can be seen with other TV dramas that have either raked up high viewer ratings or heated debates on discussion boards, today's formula for success seems to come down to just how well they are able to connect with audiences by addressing real-life problems.

The societal issue that "Single Again", a weekly drama currently airing on SBS, takes into account is divorce, or, to be more precise, the female divorcee, as two of the three main characters are 30-something women.

While the number of divorced women portrayed in productions has certainly increased in recent years, this is the first drama to have its story revolve...| More